1 O Galates, dépourvus de sens! qui vous a fascinés, vous, aux yeux de qui Jésus Christ a été peint comme crucifié?

O you poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated or bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed as crucified?

2 V oici seulement ce que je veux apprendre de vous: Est-ce par les oeuvres de la loi que vous avez reçu l'Esprit, ou par la prédication de la foi?

Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Spirit as the result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing and believing ?

3 E tes-vous tellement dépourvus de sens? Après avoir commencé par l'Esprit, voulez-vous maintenant finir par la chair?

Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now reaching perfection on the flesh?

4 A vez-vous tant souffert en vain? si toutefois c'est en vain.

Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing (to no purpose)—if it really is to no purpose and in vain?

5 C elui qui vous accorde l'Esprit, et qui opère des miracles parmi vous, le fait-il donc par les oeuvres de la loi, ou par la prédication de la foi?

Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?

6 C omme Abraham crut à Dieu, et que cela lui fut imputé à justice,

Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness (as conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action).

7 r econnaissez donc que ce sont ceux qui ont la foi qui sont fils d'Abraham.

Know and understand that it is the people by faith who are sons of Abraham.

8 A ussi l'Écriture, prévoyant que Dieu justifierait les païens par la foi, a d'avance annoncé cette bonne nouvelle à Abraham: Toutes les nations seront bénies en toi!

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel to Abraham in the promise, saying, In you shall all the nations be blessed.

9 d e sorte que ceux qui croient sont bénis avec Abraham le croyant.

So then, those who are people of faith are blessed and made happy and favored by God with the believing and trusting Abraham.

10 C ar tous ceux qui s'attachent aux oeuvres de la loi sont sous la malédiction; car il est écrit: Maudit est quiconque n'observe pas tout ce qui est écrit dans le livre de la loi, et ne le met pas en pratique.

And all who depend on the Law are under a curse and doomed to disappointment and destruction, for it is written in the Scriptures, Cursed (accursed, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment) be everyone who does not continue to abide (live and remain) by all the precepts and commands written in the Book of the Law and to practice them.

11 E t que nul ne soit justifié devant Dieu par la loi, cela est évident, puisqu'il est dit: Le juste vivra par la foi.

Now it is evident that no person is justified (declared righteous and brought into right standing with God) through the Law, for the Scripture says, The man in right standing with God shall live by and out of faith and he who through and by faith is declared righteous and in right standing with God shall live.

12 O r, la loi ne procède pas de la foi; mais elle dit: Celui qui mettra ces choses en pratique vivra par elles.

But the Law does not rest on faith, for it itself says, He who does them shall live by them.

13 C hrist nous a rachetés de la malédiction de la loi, étant devenu malédiction pour nous-car il est écrit: Maudit est quiconque est pendu au bois, -

Christ purchased our freedom from the curse (doom) of the Law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);

14 a fin que la bénédiction d'Abraham eût pour les païens son accomplissement en Jésus Christ, et que nous reçussions par la foi l'Esprit qui avait été promis.

To the end that through Christ Jesus, the blessing to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might receive the promise of the Spirit.

15 F rères (je parle à la manière des hommes), une disposition en bonne forme, bien que faite par un homme, n'est annulée par personne, et personne n'y ajoute.

To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed).

16 O r les promesses ont été faites à Abraham et à sa postérité. Il n'est pas dit: et aux postérités, comme s'il s'agissait de plusieurs, mais en tant qu'il s'agit d'une seule: et à ta postérité, c'est-à-dire, à Christ.

Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is Christ (the Messiah).

17 V oici ce que j'entends: une disposition, que Dieu a confirmée antérieurement, ne peut pas être annulée, et ainsi la promesse rendue vaine, par la loi survenue quatre cents trente ans plus tard.

This is my argument: The Law, which began 430 years after the covenant, does not and cannot annul the covenant previously established (ratified) by God, so as to abolish the promise and make it void.

18 C ar si l'héritage venait de la loi, il ne viendrait plus de la promesse; or, c'est par la promesse que Dieu a fait à Abraham ce don de sa grâce.

For if the inheritance the Law, it no longer on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham by virtue of His promise.

19 P ourquoi donc la loi? Elle a été donnée ensuite à cause des transgressions, jusqu'à ce que vînt la postérité à qui la promesse avait été faite; elle a été promulguée par des anges, au moyen d'un médiateur.

What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added because of transgressions and of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels by the hand (in the person) of a go-between.

20 O r, le médiateur n'est pas médiateur d'un seul, tandis que Dieu est un seul.

Now a go-between (intermediary) has to do with and implies more than one party. Yet God is one Person.

21 L a loi est-elle donc contre les promesses de Dieu? Loin de là! S'il eût été donné une loi qui pût procurer la vie, la justice viendrait réellement de la loi.

Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law.

22 M ais l'Écriture a tout renfermé sous le péché, afin que ce qui avait été promis fût donné par la foi en Jésus Christ à ceux qui croient.

But the Scriptures shut up and imprisoned by sin, so that which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ (the Messiah) might be given (released, delivered, and committed) to those who believe.

23 A vant que la foi vînt, nous étions enfermés sous la garde de la loi, en vue de la foi qui devait être révélée.

Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed),

24 A insi la loi a été comme un pédagogue pour nous conduire à Christ, afin que nous fussions justifiés par la foi.

So that the Law served as our trainer until Christ, that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith.

25 L a foi étant venue, nous ne sommes plus sous ce pédagogue.

But now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a trainer (the guardian of our childhood).

26 C ar vous êtes tous fils de Dieu par la foi en Jésus Christ;

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

27 v ous tous, qui avez été baptisés en Christ, vous avez revêtu Christ.

For as many as were baptized into Christ have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.

28 I l n'y a plus ni Juif ni Grec, il n'y a plus ni esclave ni libre, il n'y a plus ni homme ni femme; car tous vous êtes un en Jésus Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 E t si vous êtes à Christ, vous êtes donc la postérité d'Abraham, héritiers selon la promesse.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.